The team announced Monday that linebacker Ray Lewis, who retired following the Super Bowl after playing 17 seasons with the Ravens, will be enshrined in the team's Ring of Honor at halftime of the Sept. 22 game against the Houston Texans.

That is the Ravens' second home game of the season. They'll celebrate their Super Bowl championship before their home opener on Sept. 15 against the Cleveland Browns.

Lewis' ceremony will coincide with the return to M&T Bank Stadium of his long-time teammate, Ed Reed. The Pro Bowl safety signed with the Texans in March after playing 11 seasons with the Ravens. Reed and Lewis had long been considered the faces of the Ravens' vaunted defense.

"Every moment I’ve ever had in this building, what this organization has done for me, what this city has done for me, what my fans have done for me, what the mutual respect for different players have done for me around this league, I can never take any of that back," Lewis said during the news conference when he announced his retirement. "That’s the ultimate when you leave this game. You leave it with one heck of a legacy. Hopefully, I’ve done a heck of a job doing it, but it’s time for me to go create a different legacy.”

Lewis, who the Ravens drafted in the first round of the 1996 Draft, was a 13-time Pro Bowl selection and and a seven-time, first-team All-Pro. He was the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 and 2003, and the 2000 Super Bowl Most Valuable Player.

He is the Ravens' all-time leader in tackles (2,643) and fumbles recovered (20), and Lewis is second in interceptions (31) to Reed.

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said earlier this offseason that the organization will erect a state of Lewis outside M&T Bank Stadium, but the team said Monday that won't be ready for his Ring of Honor induction.

Photos of the members of the team's Ring of Honor at M&T Bank Stadium, which includes the eight Baltimore Colts Hall of Famers. Former Colt Ted Hendricks, a member of the Ring of Honor, doesn't appear in this gallery due to the lack of an available photo.